The world's first JTRS SCA-compliant, Type-1 secure tactical radio to offer high-bandwidth simultaneous voice and data, in addition to combat net radio capabilities.
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $7.6 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense for its Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems. The DoD is acquiring the radios to provide deployed forces with expanded wireless tactical communications capabilities such as video, e-mail and collaborative chat.
The field-proven AN/PRC-117G is a first-of-its-kind radio, delivering unprecedented situational awareness through wideband networking of the battlefield. The system delivers critical real-time information to warfighters on the move and their field commanders through a man-portable software-defined radio with significantly reduced size and weight. The Falcon III radio platform enables missions such as checkpoint and patrol biometrics, convoy tracking, route planning and fires de-confliction.
"The AN/PRC-117G enables network connectivity to the tactical edge in real-time and delivers significant new combat applications to the squad and below level,'' said Brendan O'Connell, president, Department of Defense business unit, Harris RF Communications. "With the wideband networking capabilities of the 117G, forces will have real-time access to intelligence, situational awareness and effective fires."
Harris RF Communications supplies secure radio communications and embedded high-grade encryption solutions for military, government and commercial organizations. The company's Falcon® family of software-defined tactical radio systems encompasses manpack, handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next generation of radios supporting the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements, as well as network-centric operations worldwide. Harris RF Communications is also a leading supplier of assured communications® systems and equipment for public safety, utility and transportation markets — with products ranging from the most advanced IP voice and data networks to portable and mobile single- and multiband radios.
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